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re: wow it works
Thursday, December 16, 2004 at 7:12 am
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Posted by Ben (1 messages posted)

Hi, I also had the "No Audio Device" problem. This fixed it: Click on Administrative Tools > Services and make sure "Windows Media" service is running. If it is not, right-click on this service and select "start".

On Monday, November 29, 2004 at 11:24 pm, Wascomat wrote:
>I have used various fixes over the years but never stopped to thank the ones that
>gave me the 'fix' If it wasn't for this forum I would have spent a long time re-installing
>or repairing xp and then re-installing all the software that needed fixed after that.
>I found this on a Google search and found the right words to lead me here. I looked
>at 200/300 previous search results with no fix that worked. I was reluctant to go
>through all the 'hoops' with the msdos prompt so I tried it while still in windows
>by right-click dragging all 3 files into a new folder with the copy function. Then
>I renamed the machine.inf to allmachine.inf. Then I double-clicked it to remove the
>line as specified. Then saved it. The next part got confusing as I had to select
>the 'classic' mode to see the add hardware icon in the control panel\system selection.
>Then I guessed and selected a generic system device in the show all items selection
>(it may not matter) I refered to the new file I just saved. Then I scrolled the list
>to find that enumerator selection and added it. No reboot. No delay. Now my sound
>is back and by the way, I had a SoundBlaster Live card which I put in to try and
>get the sound back previously. It didn't work either until I did this enumerator
>add thing. Now they BOTH are active giving me a selection on all my audio stuff to
>select one or the other and they both work. (I may leave it in for awhile for fun)
>Many, many thanks to the persons responsible for this fix. I (oops) spent 20-30 hours
>trying everything I could and was within minutes of an XP repair. Thank you.
>
>
>

Written in response to:: wow it works (Wascomat: Monday, November 29, 2004 at 11:24 pm)

Responses to this message:
re: wow it works (Michael: Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 2:41 am)

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sound device error (tonyb: Fri, Oct 17, 2003, 2:50 pm)

re: sound device error (Mike: Sat, Oct 18, 2003, 10:04 am)

re: sound device error (Gwee Lin Lin: Sun, Nov 30, 2003, 2:52 am)

re: sound device error (Tony Marques: Sat, Dec 6, 2003, 3:31 pm)

re: sound device error (tushar: Sun, Dec 28, 2003, 4:24 am)

re: sound device error (Tony Marques: Tue, Jan 6, 2004, 2:59 pm)

re: sound device error (don: Tue, Apr 27, 2004, 12:50 am)

re: sound device error (Lauren: Mon, Apr 18, 2005, 5:22 am)

re: sound device error (BDKoster: Mon, Apr 18, 2005, 7:17 pm)

re: sound device error (mindy: Sun, Feb 19, 2006, 4:59 pm)

re: sound device error (Quinn: Wed, Mar 15, 2006, 5:17 pm)

re: sound device error (Wade smith: Wed, Mar 22, 2006, 9:10 am)

re: sound device error (WINMM WDM Audio Compatibility Driver code 38) (RichieP: Sat, Mar 25, 2006, 11:15 am)

re: sound device error (WINMM WDM Audio Compatibility Driver code 38) (steven: Mon, Apr 17, 2006, 5:28 am)

re: sound device error (Gigaman: Sat, May 29, 2004, 1:09 am)

re: sound device error (ABC123: Sat, Jun 5, 2004, 12:15 am)

re: sound device error (Andrew: Sun, Jun 13, 2004, 10:58 pm)

re: sound device error (pitshing: Wed, Jun 16, 2004, 8:04 pm)

re: sound device error (Jonathan: Tue, Jun 22, 2004, 12:20 pm)

re: sound device error (Knowenough2bdangerous: Mon, Jun 28, 2004, 9:13 am)

re: sound device error (Aaron: Sun, Nov 21, 2004, 12:18 am)

re: sound device error (Mr. Stress: Sat, Nov 27, 2004, 6:27 am)

re: sound device error (Mr. Stress: Sat, Nov 27, 2004, 7:11 am)

re: sound device error (mrbisco: Sun, Nov 28, 2004, 8:33 am)

re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (Tony Marques: Mon, Nov 29, 2004, 11:34 am)

re: sound device error -- READ THIS TOO (blausand: Mon, Nov 29, 2004, 3:23 pm)

wow it works (Wascomat: Mon, Nov 29, 2004, 11:24 pm)

re: wow it works (Ben: Thu, Dec 16, 2004, 7:12 am)

re: wow it works (Michael: Wed, Aug 9, 2006, 2:41 am)

re: wow it works (James Saklas: Thu, Oct 5, 2006, 5:51 pm)

re: wow it works (Steve: Sat, Dec 23, 2006, 12:53 pm)

re: sound device error -- But my enumerator is present??? (Bill: Sat, Dec 11, 2004, 10:26 am)

re: sound device error -- But my enumerator is present??? (Tony Marques: Mon, Dec 13, 2004, 2:17 am)

re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (Dave Segal: Sun, Dec 12, 2004, 10:15 pm)

re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (Tony Marques: Mon, Dec 13, 2004, 2:21 am)

re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (Dave Segal: Mon, Dec 13, 2004, 10:12 am)

re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (leigh: Thu, Dec 30, 2004, 7:14 pm)

re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (daks001: Fri, Dec 31, 2004, 12:23 am)

re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (Reflex: Sat, Feb 5, 2005, 5:38 pm)

re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (ThanksMan: Sat, Feb 5, 2005, 10:38 pm)

re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (HunTOR: Thu, Feb 10, 2005, 7:51 pm)

re: sound device error -- READ THIS HERE (Carleton: Tue, Apr 5, 2005, 5:09 pm)

re: sound device error (Mike Ledingham: Fri, Feb 4, 2005, 11:27 pm)

re: sound device error (Shahmir Noorani: Sat, May 28, 2005, 8:20 pm)

re: sound device error (Mark Brown: Thu, Aug 10, 2006, 10:24 am)

re: sound device error (ML: Sat, Dec 1, 2007, 1:50 pm)

It works!!! (osnat: Fri, Dec 12, 2003, 1:27 pm)

re: It works!!! (Gwee Lin Lin: Sat, Dec 13, 2003, 3:40 am)

Still no luck... (qwik: Sun, Dec 14, 2003, 6:39 pm)

re: Still no luck... (Gwee Lin Lin: Mon, Dec 15, 2003, 12:22 am)

re: Still no luck... (qwik: Mon, Dec 15, 2003, 7:26 pm)

re: Still no luck... (Gwee Lin Lin: Wed, Dec 17, 2003, 6:27 am)

re: It works!!! (AphexTwin: Thu, Oct 26, 2006, 2:21 pm)

re: It works!!! (Ucho: Mon, Dec 18, 2006, 9:00 am)

re: It works!!! (Mac: Wed, Dec 20, 2006, 10:27 pm)

re: It works!!! (Andy Yelland: Sun, Dec 28, 2003, 1:31 pm)

re: It works!!! (rob.j: Tue, Jan 6, 2004, 11:53 am)

re: It works!!! (Tony Marques: Tue, Jan 6, 2004, 3:01 pm)

re: It works!!! (charles Parisod: Fri, Jan 9, 2004, 10:45 pm)

hm (ryan: Sat, Jan 24, 2004, 5:59 am)

re: hm (n1yso: Fri, Mar 19, 2004, 11:15 pm)

re: hm (jozzer: Sun, Mar 28, 2004, 11:17 am)

Thanks!!!! ;-) (Steve: Fri, Apr 23, 2004, 8:47 am)

re: It works!!! (kevin: Mon, Feb 16, 2004, 3:53 pm)

re: It works!!! (Plex Pro: Tue, Jul 13, 2004, 11:03 am)

re: It works!!! (José Palma: Sat, Aug 21, 2004, 7:01 am)

re: It works!!! (Z_sta: Thu, Aug 26, 2004, 10:51 pm)

re: It works!!! (Max Albanese: Thu, Oct 14, 2004, 10:04 am)

re: It works!!! (Jouni Lappalainen: Sun, Oct 24, 2004, 1:54 pm)

re: It works!!! (Steve Murrell: Thu, Dec 30, 2004, 3:24 pm)

re: It works!!! (titusone: Wed, Apr 20, 2005, 9:56 am)

re: It works!!! (titusone: Wed, Apr 20, 2005, 10:24 am)

re: It works!!! (tondi: Sat, Feb 18, 2006, 6:12 am)

re: It works!!! (Fernando Bernardes: Sun, Mar 5, 2006, 8:22 pm)

re: It works!!! (Palmer taskerud: Tue, Mar 14, 2006, 8:58 am)

sound card (romela: Sat, Apr 22, 2006, 4:20 am)

re: sound card (hiram: Wed, May 10, 2006, 10:34 am)

re: sound card (Gem: Tue, May 23, 2006, 3:24 am)

re: It works!!! but for more (thanks as well) (Boyo Rolo: Sat, Sep 2, 2006, 8:55 pm)

re: It works!!! but for more (thanks as well) (latzo: Tue, Sep 19, 2006, 8:56 pm)